I-15 reopens at Jean following wrong-way driver crash

A vehicle crash involving a wrong-way driver on Interstate 15 closed northbound lanes at Jean for several hours on Friday.

The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada said at 5:01 a.m. that the crash occurred near mile marker 12.

“All (northbound) lanes are blocked,” the commission said in a tweet. “Northbound traffic has to exit at Jean.”

Nevada Highway Patrol spokeswoman Ashlee Wellman said at 2:46 a.m. troopers received a report of a wrong-way driver at I-15 and St. Rose Parkway.

“A reported blue F-150 traveling southbound in the northbound lanes,” Wellman said. “The Ford went head-on with a semi at I-15 just north of Jean causing the semi to catch fire.”

The tractor trailer came to rest in the far left travel lane and inside shoulder of the highway. The F-150 ended up in the far right travel lane.

“Both drivers were transported to University Medical Center with non life-threatening injuries,” Wellman said, adding impairment is suspected for the driver of the Ford.

“Both are male adults and no passengers,” Wellman said of the drivers.

A traffic camera showed the tractor trailer overturned on the highway blocking all three lanes. The pickup was destroyed.

All lanes of the interstate were reopened shortly after 10 a.m.

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